Steam/GOG etc - Free Stuff (or very, very cheap)
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For the King and Metro Last Light Redux free on Epic Games.
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Helium rain for sale on Steam (7.50 €). We talked about it on the "games with Expanse setting" thread.
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For people who like Total War style strategies, this is on -50% sale:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5025 ... Civil_War/
One of the best strategy games I played:
- Persistent army - kinda like in Homeworld series your army remains and get veterancy across the campaign.
- RPG elements where you have skill points as a general and officers have small skill trees.
- Huge range of historic weapons to choose.
- Logistic and economy of your army.
- "reputation points" which can buy you favors (new equipment, officers, cash, recruits).
- AI is very COMPETENT - what I mean? usually game have dumb AI that has 10:1 advantage to have chance with player, or the AI is cheating, all knowing. Here the AI PLAY LIKE HUMAN - play well, try to counter flanking, but also makes some msitake that you can exploit. Simply the AI is fun to play against.
- nice spit between side-battles and major battles.
- Union campaign is fun and Confederate campaign is a bit more challenge (but still within resonable and fun level).
- campaigns are huge, like 50 battles each.
And this is the best feature of this game:
- multi-phase huge major battles - example:
phase 1 you fight on left flank
phase 2 you fight in the center
phase 3 you fight on right flank
phase 4 you merge all phases into one huge battle (with the state as it was at the end of previous phases)
phase 5 you need to push/retreat to final point
The only flaws I found:
- calvary is not realy worth it's money as they require skill to operate and constant micro-management
- artillery is very inconsistent - sometimes barrage kill a few soldiers and sometimes one shot takes out several dozens. Only consistency I found is point blank scattershot that can be devastating.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5025 ... Civil_War/
One of the best strategy games I played:
- Persistent army - kinda like in Homeworld series your army remains and get veterancy across the campaign.
- RPG elements where you have skill points as a general and officers have small skill trees.
- Huge range of historic weapons to choose.
- Logistic and economy of your army.
- "reputation points" which can buy you favors (new equipment, officers, cash, recruits).
- AI is very COMPETENT - what I mean? usually game have dumb AI that has 10:1 advantage to have chance with player, or the AI is cheating, all knowing. Here the AI PLAY LIKE HUMAN - play well, try to counter flanking, but also makes some msitake that you can exploit. Simply the AI is fun to play against.
- nice spit between side-battles and major battles.
- Union campaign is fun and Confederate campaign is a bit more challenge (but still within resonable and fun level).
- campaigns are huge, like 50 battles each.
And this is the best feature of this game:
- multi-phase huge major battles - example:
phase 1 you fight on left flank
phase 2 you fight in the center
phase 3 you fight on right flank
phase 4 you merge all phases into one huge battle (with the state as it was at the end of previous phases)
phase 5 you need to push/retreat to final point
The only flaws I found:
- calvary is not realy worth it's money as they require skill to operate and constant micro-management
- artillery is very inconsistent - sometimes barrage kill a few soldiers and sometimes one shot takes out several dozens. Only consistency I found is point blank scattershot that can be devastating.
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Thank you for that, brought back memories and may have to be bought...
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I thought I would do a shout out for this software, really cheap on steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1283970/YoloMouse/
If you have trouble seeing game cursors, (only games that use hardware cursors are currently supported) Then this software will do the trick. I only recently found out it had a steam release, there is a pre 1.0
https://pandateemo.github.io/YoloMouse/
But that version is outdated.
I'm currently playing Dawn of war 2, on high resolutions, the targeting cursor is very hard to see. But with Yolomouse, you can set it to different cursors for different parts of the screen, for example, a blue cursor for abilities, and a cross for when you are targeting enemies. you can also change the colour and size of each cursor.
Like I said, it supports most games that uses hardware cursors. And you can add your own cursor as well. (doesn't work on the windows screen, only for games)
There are plans on adding a GUI to allow you to easy setup different cursors for different games. Right now, its
Shift + alt 1 to change the default cursor, shift + alt 2 for overlay cursors (GPU driven) and shift + alt 3 to change the colour. and shift + alt "-" or "+" to increase or decrease the size (minus quotes)
One last thing to mention, the software on steam is signed, so it shouldn't trigger any anti cheat software.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1283970/YoloMouse/
If you have trouble seeing game cursors, (only games that use hardware cursors are currently supported) Then this software will do the trick. I only recently found out it had a steam release, there is a pre 1.0
https://pandateemo.github.io/YoloMouse/
But that version is outdated.
I'm currently playing Dawn of war 2, on high resolutions, the targeting cursor is very hard to see. But with Yolomouse, you can set it to different cursors for different parts of the screen, for example, a blue cursor for abilities, and a cross for when you are targeting enemies. you can also change the colour and size of each cursor.
Like I said, it supports most games that uses hardware cursors. And you can add your own cursor as well. (doesn't work on the windows screen, only for games)
There are plans on adding a GUI to allow you to easy setup different cursors for different games. Right now, its
Shift + alt 1 to change the default cursor, shift + alt 2 for overlay cursors (GPU driven) and shift + alt 3 to change the colour. and shift + alt "-" or "+" to increase or decrease the size (minus quotes)
One last thing to mention, the software on steam is signed, so it shouldn't trigger any anti cheat software.
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Rage 2 from Bethesda and Absolute Adrift are free on Epic Games.
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metro 2033 free on steam.
Good game; go get it!
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Good game; go get it!
Stealth, shooty, exporation.
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X²:The Threat for 0.99 € on GOG!
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Bought it. Again!
(It's GBP 0.89 here in the UK)
*edit* Installed and loaded, just so I could watch the start sequence again. - 18 years on, and it still works. --- And as good as X4 is, it makes me realise how Egosoft traded so much of the X series' soul for a bucketful of superficial pretty and 'simulation purity.'
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“That explains its unusual shape,” Styanar said, grinning openly now. “Although it does little to illuminate just why your jowls are so flaccid or why you have quite so many chins.”
“I…” Had she just called him fat? “I am just a different species, that’s all.”
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XIII is currently free on GOG for the next 2 days so grab it while it's going. Note it's the 2003 original version, not the 2020 remake.
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Steel Rats for free @GOG
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Alien Isolation and the Last Survivor DLC free on Epic games. To get the dlc it looks like you just re-get the game and then in your library it says 1 addon. Hand of fate 2 is free also.
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Thanks, I was already owning Alien from previous giveaway, but didn't noticed the DLC is now avaliable - I'd miss this one if not you.
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Tonight we riot for free @GOG
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According to my Epic client there's a Mystery free game in 2 days. Not seen this approach before, I hope it's a goodie.
as an aside, I seem to have 76 games in my Epic library. Every one was a free offer and I've downloaded and played 5 of them; there are maybe 3 or 4 more I'd have a go at, the rest maybe when I'm bored. How is that a business model? Am I meant to feel obligated to buy DLCs or other games because of this?
The other thing I did recently is sign up to the Microsoft/Xbox game pass subscription for $1 for the first month to try a few games out. Then I bought Astroneer and Halo Master Chief Collection on Steam and cancelled the subscription. Am I meant to feel guilty? Perhaps I'm a sociopath.
as an aside, I seem to have 76 games in my Epic library. Every one was a free offer and I've downloaded and played 5 of them; there are maybe 3 or 4 more I'd have a go at, the rest maybe when I'm bored. How is that a business model? Am I meant to feel obligated to buy DLCs or other games because of this?
The other thing I did recently is sign up to the Microsoft/Xbox game pass subscription for $1 for the first month to try a few games out. Then I bought Astroneer and Halo Master Chief Collection on Steam and cancelled the subscription. Am I meant to feel guilty? Perhaps I'm a sociopath.
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And the mystery is...
NBA 2K21
Not my thing really. But there's another mystery in 7 days. Might not get so excited this time
NBA 2K21
Not my thing really. But there's another mystery in 7 days. Might not get so excited this time
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!
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Frostpunk free on Epic Gamestore
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@GOG: Warhammer Skulls digital goodie pack (including Warhammer Shadow of the horned rat)
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Control and Geshin Impact free on Epic Games.
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Um, hasn't Genshin Impact always been a free-to-play game?